The star formation activity of IllustrisTNG galaxies: main sequence, UVJ diagram, quenched fractions, and systematics

M Donnari, A Pillepich, D Nelson… - Monthly Notices of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
We select galaxies from the IllustrisTNG hydrodynamical simulations (at 0≤ z≤ 2) and
characterize the shapes and evolutions of their UVJ and star formation rate–stellar mass …

Califa, the calar alto legacy integral field area survey-i. survey presentation

SF Sánchez, RC Kennicutt, AG De Paz… - Astronomy & …, 2012 - aanda.org
The final product of galaxy evolution through cosmic time is the population of galaxies in the
local universe. These galaxies are also those that can be studied in most detail, thus …

The mass–metallicity relation with the direct method on stacked spectra of SDSS galaxies

BH Andrews, P Martini - The Astrophysical Journal, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
The relation between galaxy stellar mass and gas-phase metallicity is a sensitive diagnostic
of the main processes that drive galaxy evolution, namely cosmological gas inflow, metal …

Theoretical evolution of optical strong lines across cosmic time

LJ Kewley, MA Dopita, C Leitherer… - The Astrophysical …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
We use the chemical evolution predictions of cosmological hydrodynamic simulations with
our latest theoretical stellar population synthesis, photoionization, and shock models to …

A comprehensive analysis of uncertainties affecting the stellar mass–halo mass relation for 0< z< 4

PS Behroozi, C Conroy… - The Astrophysical …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
We conduct a comprehensive analysis of the relationship between central galaxies and their
host dark matter halos, as characterized by the stellar mass–halo mass (SM–HM) relation …

The host galaxies and classification of active galactic nuclei

LJ Kewley, B Groves, G Kauffmann… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
We present an analysis of the host properties of 85 224 emission-line galaxies selected from
the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. We show that Seyferts and low-ionization narrow emission-line …

The reversal of the star formation-density relation in the distant universe

D Elbaz, E Daddi, D Le Borgne, M Dickinson… - Astronomy & …, 2007 - aanda.org
Aims. We study the relationship between the local environment of galaxies and their star
formation rate (SFR) in the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey, GOODS, at. Methods …

Metallicity calibrations and the mass-metallicity relation for star-forming galaxies

LJ Kewley, SL Ellison - The Astrophysical Journal, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
We investigate the effect of metallicity calibrations, AGN classification, and aperture covering
fraction on the local mass-metallicity (MZ) relation using 27,730 star-forming galaxies from …

The universal relation of galactic chemical evolution: the origin of the mass–metallicity relation

HJ Zahid, GI Dima, RP Kudritzki… - The Astrophysical …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
We examine the mass–metallicity relation for z≲ 1.6. The mass–metallicity relation follows a
steep slope with a turnover, or" knee," at stellar masses around 10 10 M☉. At stellar masses …

Optical spectroscopy and nebular oxygen abundances of the Spitzer/SINGS galaxies

J Moustakas, RC Kennicutt, CA Tremonti… - The Astrophysical …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
We present intermediate-resolution optical spectrophotometry of 65 galaxies obtained in
support of the Spitzer Infrared Nearby Galaxies Survey (SINGS). For each galaxy we obtain …